Bøker av Vincent L. Pisacane

Helps students and professionals understand the space environment and its impacts on spacecraft design, engineering, and performance. Focussing on the Earth's environment and its effects on spacecraft, this book also addresses the extraterrestrial environment and the effects of radiation on humans in space.

Suitable for undergraduate or graduate courses in space systems engineering or space system design, this book is useful as a reference for space professionals. It aims to present the material in a manner that benefits from the authors' experience as practicing engineers with experience in developing operational spacecraft systems.